Ideas for lasers and resins

[Anuvin]

... the philosophy of peachy and I hope the open source nature stays that way.!

I'm with you, the freedom respecting openness of the project is a big deal. I think it means a lot to a large portion of the community, and to the Peachy team.

I was wondering if we could use a product like the one mentioned here: http://www.castingabout.co.uk/Bio-Resin.html

I know the catalyst has to be uv reactive, and so that would have to change, and that is where my understanding ends. If you find some time, I would be really interested on what you had to say on the topic.

[amirjabri]

I'm with you, the freedom respecting openness of the project is a big deal. I think it means a lot to a large portion of the community, and to the Peachy team.

I was wondering if we could use a product like the one mentioned here: http://www.castingabout.co.uk/Bio-Resin.html

I know the catalyst has to be uv reactive, and so that would have to change, and that is where my understanding ends. If you find some time, I would be really interested on what you had to say on the topic.

Wow, so cool thanks! That's really right up my ally as I was specifically looking at oil-based off of flax/soy/grapeseed etc. One of the things I was actually looking at is the type of modification they are doing at that company. That article you linked to makes me want to build an ozone generator too now! There is tons of possibilities, but for now I want to see if I can find a decent oil (Maybe even Tung oil), or mix of oils (and possibly modified ones like you found), and the right catalyst (I will try the conventional ones and some new ones I'm looking into), then also hit it with a ton of laser power to see if it can be polymerized! In general most resins contain some type of "unsaturation" or sites where a radical can attack and form a polymer. Since natural oils also have "unsaturation" they can also do this too! Actually linoleum is made from flax seed oil, a catalyst (usually toxic!), and sunlight! Its a very tough polymer so hopefully we can make linoleum in a 3D printer too (with a non-toxic catalyst of course, I also have one in mind that actually works)!